Honouring the children who survived Indian Residential Schools. Remembering those who didn't. #EveryChildMatters
Community Healing Garden
A healing place to grow Culture, Connection and Community
through Truth and Reconciliation
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The Vision Behind the Community Healing Garden
A Safe Space for Truth: The garden will serve as a designated, easily accessible area to acknowledge Indigenous history and the generational impacts of residential schools. It will be designed to be a safe place for people to gather and share heartfelt discussions.
Growing Culture, Connection and Culture: It will feature traditional Indigenous medicines, ceremonial spaces for tipis, a sacred fire pit, and cultural designs like the Medicine Wheel.
Building Teamwork: True reconciliation requires Indigenous and non-Indigenous neighbours to work together as allies toward a common goal.
What the Community Healing Garden Would Mean to the Community
For the community, it means having a dedicated space for prayer, ceremony, education, and coming together in a meaningful way.
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Creates a lasting space for connection, reflection, and learning in our community.
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Components include culturally significant plants that are native to our area and considered to be of healing value; edible foods such as berries, vegetables, herbs; structural designs that incorporate symbolic teachings, such as the Medicine Wheel, Turtle Island, the Creation Story, 7 Grandfather Teachings, 15 Tipi Teachings.
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Space dedicated to raise tipis and hold sacred fires. This Community Healing Garden is not just a park—it’s a place where Indigenous culture, history, and teachings are visible, respected, and shared.
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Helps strengthen relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents, supports healing, and creates opportunities for people—especially youth—to learn and engage with reconciliation in a real, tangible way.
